Friday, January 13, 2006

From the CLUELESS IDIOT Department

Saying gun manufacturers should take steps to track guns, a Boston city councilor is proposing that global positioning technology be installed in firearms.

Councilor Rob Consalvo wants to put a tracking device into newly manufactured guns and have legal gun owners retrofit their firearms so owners and police can locate and retrieve stolen guns the same way police use a computer chip to locate stolen cars.

Just where does Consalvo think you'd be able to fit a GPS unit onto a gun? These things aren't the size of postage stamps, you know. Moreover, such devices require electricity. I suppose criminals are going to make sure that a stolen gun's GPS unit is fully powered.

How much do you want to bet that if GPS trackers were added to guns, that the bad guys won't figure out a way to disable them in less than two minutes?

I'm surprised Consalvo remembers to breathe if he really thinks this is a good idea.

The idea of tracking Stolen weapons is a good one. I mean, if someone steals something from you you likely want him to be caught. Preferably before he uses it (remember it still has your finger-prints on it).

But it should be an option you can choose when you buy it. Or something like those 'trigger locks' that you can install when not using the gun.

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